The recent blog posts have been about teaching the glove making workshops in other towns and countries. However, occasionally the masterclasses are also held at London-based universities! Last week Riina O was invited to run a 2-day glove making workshop at Royal College of Art. Named the world´s no.1 art and design university, it was a great honour to be teaching these exceptionally talented students. The 2-day workshop gave a short introduction to the craft of making gloves

Riina O is having the first ever online sample sale. This is an extraordinary chance to get hold of some samples that didn´t make it to the collections. Samples are one offs, but available in various sizes! Additionally, we are offering -30% off everything else at our online boutique, until the 27th November 2017. Just use the code "Black" at the checkout. Happy shopping!

Last week Riina O went to Scotland to visit the team of Hands of X hand prosthetics in Dundee and Glasgow (more info about this amazing project coming soon...) and to teach the glove making workshop at the Edinburgh College of Art. The view from the classroom window was straight at the beautiful medieval Edinburgh castle, high on the hill. During the 4-day workshop the jewellery and silversmithing students learned some of the hand stitching techniques for glove making, adjust